Shelley L. Brandt

If Shelley Brandt decides you are somehow worthy of her effort, she will fight for you. If not (and the reviews here suggest there are many of us deemed not worth her efforts) she will take (and take) your money and drag the case out, getting you nothing in return. She did not fight for my best inter...ests in mediation and, in fact, missed a $20,000 discrepancy in my ex's asset reporting. After paying approximately $8,000 for this poor service, I now have to hire another attorney and take the case to court to try and resolve it. Hiring Shelley was the second biggest mistake of my life.

Shelley Brandt bled more than $20,000 from me only to withdraw three days prior to the final decree. With me being out of state this certainly proved to be detrimental to a positive outcome of my divorce. It required me to find another lawyer on very short notice and prolonged the proceedings for ma...ny more months while the new attorney sorted everything out. My divorce should have been very simple as we didn't have any bills, one house and a few investment accounts to divide up, but she managed to draw it out for nearly two years. I had a mediation meeting in March 2013---July 2013 after multiple inquires of what the hold up was in finalizing the divorce she quit. Ms Brandt does NOT like her clients to ask her questions. If you are not well versed in Family Law of Washington, you do not want to have her as your "legal counsel". She will develop and pursue her own agenda whether in your best interest or not. I spent nearly two very frustrating years and more than $20,000 on Shelly Brandt's "services" and got absolutely nothing in return. If you want a lawyer that will represent your best interest in the courtroom Shelley Brandt is not that lawyer.